Trump's latest Tweets followed a day-long hearing in Washington on Roger Stone's motion for a new trial.

The city council is using its committee rooms for council sessions in a temporary move that could last through the end of June. City crews are replacing carpet that has mildewed from persistent leaks in recent years.

Speaking at the Frayser Exchange Club, Strickland also said the city will step up its efforts toward "opportunity youth" and talked of the coming of expanded pre-kindergarten that he described as "a whole new mindset" starting this fall.

City Council Scorecard: The two most recent City Council votes we review include a rare committee vote that scuttles plans to rescind the residency referendum. And a former council member encounters some resistance from the council as she goes on the EDGE board.

The roundup of line items with relatively small amounts of money comes as the Strickland administration offers its first details of what the coming city budget proposal will include in a "tight" budget season at City Hall.

In his first "State of MLGW" address, President and CEO J.T. Young said power outages are up and are lasting longer as the utility begins its $1 billion five-year infrastructure overhaul. 

Designers are revising a proposed revamp of Tom Lee Park according to specifications of a city-ordered mediation agreement and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Anton Mack replaces Trey Moore as the leader of Explore Bike Share.

A proposal for a broader residency requirement for Memphis police and firefighters will remain on the November ballot citywide. City Council members settled the matter Tuesday after a debate that rolled across the first six weeks of the new council's term of office.

Memphis Light, Gas and Water President J.T. Young says the utility is exploring ending its contract with a payment kiosk company that includes payment stations at 30 ACE Cash Express outlets.

M&M Enterprises will develop a smaller part of the 18 acres along Central Avenue that is to be developed commercially. And the city is now the project manager for that part of the Fairgrounds redevelopment.

The City Council also will review an agreement to take in animals impounded outside the city at Memphis Animal Services.

Attendance at Professional Bull Riders events has increased by 135% in the last five years.

The Beale Street entertainment district and the Union Avenue location for WDIA radio join three other historic sites in Memphis.

"I can’t keep quiet any longer," Tomeka Hart said Wednesday about breaking her silence on serving on a jury that convicted Trump ally Roger Stone last year. 

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland is pushing passage of two bills designed to fill a growing hole in the city’s budget with $12 million in sales tax revenue.

After winning approval of multi-year rate hikes for gas, water and electric, leaders of the utility division are still talking about efficiencies and accountability with the Memphis City Council members who approved those rate hikes.

The split vote on the civil service reappointment could be seen again as more of the civil service commissioners reach the end of their three-year terms.

On the WKNO Channel 10 program “Behind The Headlines," zoo president and CEO Jim Dean discusses plans for the Overton Park institution.

At stake is a possible move to take a ballot question off the ballot in November that would expand residency requirement for police and firefighters. 

But the council vote on one of the two commissioners was less than unanimous. Council member Worth Morgan questioned whether appeals to the commission of firings and disciplinary actions are creating a culture City Hall should be avoiding. 

The owners of the Sheraton convention center hotel will seek a 30-year PILOT – payment in lieu of taxes – incentive for a major renovation of the 600-room, two-tower hotel.

The city council takes another look Tuesday at the relationship between Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division and the Tennessee Valley Authority. And the residency issue for city employees is back as well.

Memphis Animal Services has worked out an arrangement that changes who receives calls about animal-related issues.

The city's response to a backlog in picking up leaves reveals just how politically volatile the city's most basic service can be -- and has been -- for decades.